About your Member of Parliament

Your MP (Damien Egan) represents you, and all of the people who live in Bristol North East, at the UK Parliament in Westminster.

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Profile

Labour MP for Bristol North East

Entered the House of Commons on 16 February 2024 — Byelection

Also represented Kingswood

Social Media

• UK Parliament Profile

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

• Foreign
• Commonwealth and Development Office
• Department for Education
• Department for Science
• Innovation and Technology
• Ministry of Defence
• Department of Health and Social Care
• Armed Forces: Recruitment
• Emergencies: Planning
• Work Capability Assessment
• UK Soft Power Council
• Special Educational Needs: Travel

Currently held offices

• Member, Bus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL] Committee (since 24 Jun 2025)
• Member, Work and Pensions Committee (since 21 Oct 2024)

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill Committee (12 Feb 2025 to 18 Mar 2025)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Arthur Palmer
• Robert Adley
• Raymond Dobson
• Alan Hopkins
• William Coldrick

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill Committee (4 out of 6)
• Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
• Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Bus Services (No. 2) Bill Committee (3 out of 6)
• Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Bus Services No. 2 Bill Committee (1 out of 1)

Recent appearances

• Written Answers — Department for Education: Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund 26 Jun 2025

  To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department plans to take to support children with complex needs whose therapeutic support requirements exceed the maximum funding available for each child specified in the guidance entitled Adoption and special guardianship support fund, last updated on 24 April 2025.

• Iran-Israel Conflict 16 Jun 2025

  A painful lesson of Israeli and, indeed, Jewish history is that when someone says that they want to destroy them, we must believe them. The Iranian regime has made its intentions to destroy Israel clear for decades now. We will all be familiar with the term “never again”, which came out of the concentration camps of Europe. Does the Secretary of State agree that this is one of those...

• Written Answers — Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: British Nationals Abroad: Detainees 10 Jun 2025

  To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department is taking steps to monitor the treatment of UK citizens detained at foreign airports.

More of Damien Egan’s recent appearances